By now anyone in law enforcement or who follows the news has heard of the AR lower receiver built and successfully tested using a 3-D printer. This technology uses an additive process where a polymer is built up into the shape you want. Since the lower receiver is the only part that legally constitutes the [...]

Using carbon fiber technology, which produces a metal lighter than aluminum, the folks at Windham Weaponry have managed to build a rifle many ounces less heavier than the competition’s. The end product is the Windham Weaponry Carbon Fiber SRC (Sight Ready Carbine), an AR-15-style, direct gas impingement semi-auto chambered in 5.56mm and weighing just 5.85 [...]

During SHOT Show 2013, I discovered the prototype Windham Weaponry Carbon Fiber AR-15. I spoke with Jon Clark, the Marketing Graphics Manager (and one of Windham's representatives at SHOT) and asked if it was somehow possible for Windham Weaponry to send a sample of the rifle.